From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 27 20:05:00 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C38816A418 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:05:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90CE513C461 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:04:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-31-60.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.31.60]:58167 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1IPkav-0008HA-3q for questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:49:53 +0200 Received: (qmail 74100 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2007 21:49:49 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 27 Aug 2007 21:49:49 +0200 Received: (qmail 13460 invoked by uid 1001); 27 Aug 2007 21:49:49 +0200 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:49:49 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Jon Falconer Message-ID: <20070827194949.GA13267@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Jon Falconer , questions@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.31.60 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1IPkav-0008HA-3q. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1IPkav-0008HA-3q 16080399ce76de9445f60dc525627dba Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ftpd and man pages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:05:00 -0000 On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 11:21:00AM -0700, Jon Falconer wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm running FreeBSD 6.2-Release. The man page for ftdp.conf shows some > nice features that I am trying to use (e.g. user classification and > homedir.) But the man page for ftpd indicates that it does not use an > ftpd.conf file, which is probably why those features are not working. > The man page for ftpusers also show more features but the man page for > ftpd again says that users listed in ftpusers are only denied access. > I'm just using the base system ftpd server. Why do the base system man > pages seem to show more capablities than the ftpd server supports? What > ftpd server matchs with the man pages for ftpusers and ftpd.conf? There are actually two ftp daemons included in the base system. One is the ftpd that you have been using, the other is lukemftpd. I think it is lukemftpd that uses ftpd.conf. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se